Cara, O;
Brooks, G;
(2012)
Evidence of the Wider Benefits of Family Learning: A Scoping Review.
(BIS RESEARCH PAPER NUMBER
93
, pp. pp. 1-31
).
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: London, UK.
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Abstract
This scoping exercise confirmed that the evidence base for the wider benefits to parents of participating in family learning is thin. We identified just 15 relevant publications, of which five were reviews of previous work. Of the 10 which reported new findings, seven were largely qualitative; only three had gathered quantitative evidence. Only three or four randomised controlled trials were mentioned across the sources. Most of the evidence came from studies of family literacy, with less from family language or numeracy, and hardly any from wider family learning. The range of benefits mentioned was multifarious, with very few covered in more than a handful of studies, even within the prior empirical work covered by the reviews. The findings were largely positive, in that parents reported themselves, or were reported, as having derived benefits for themselves, their understanding and handling of their children, and their contributions to society. Even though participants are notoriously reluctant to give negative responses, and some researchers hesitate to report them, the stories are at least consistent. This situation does mean that the field is wide open for better research. As the first two contributions towards this, we provide specifications for two studies: Secondary analysis of ILR and NCDS data using individuals located in both datasets, to investigate what they had gained from their involvement in family learning A matched-groups quasi-experiment asking whether parents who participate in family literacy go on to gain more employment and/or show more involvement in their children’s schools. This would be intended as a pilot for an RCT. The first of these could be extended to other existing datasets (e.g. BCS70), and the second could be applied to other research questions, if required.
| Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Title: | Evidence of the Wider Benefits of Family Learning: A Scoping Review |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © Crown copyright 2012 You may re-use this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. Visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence, write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk. |
| Keywords: | family learning |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10053542 |
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